The Jewish community in this small town of 9,000 renown for its artistic individualism – “The place old hippies come to die” – is experiencing something of a boom with 65 unit-members belonging to the local chavurah, more than 80 people at its Passover

The three heads of the leading Jewish seminaries discussed the challenges of teaching a new generation of Jews in a session that stepped outside the overriding focus on Israel at the UJC’s General Assembly.

A conference of neo-conservative and right-wing Israeli thinkers presented a forum for alternatives to the "road map" peace plan — and also underscored growing ties between evangelical Christians and conservative Jews.